University of Florida

Contact Info:

Gary Scheiffele

1041 Center Drive

Gainesville, FL 32611

https://rsc.aux.eng.ufl.edu

Grants and Identifiers:

RRID: RRID:SCR_025135

Instrumentation:

Services Provided:

3D Visualization

Annealing Furnace

Atomic Layer Deposition

Computed Tomography (CT)

Contact Angle Measurement

Differential Interference Contrast Microscopy

Dynamic Light Scattering

EDS - Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry

Electron Beam Lithography

Electron Microscopy

Electronic Medical Device Prototyping

Ellipsometry

Etching

Focused Ion Beam (FIB)

FT-IR

Light Scattering

Lyophilization

MicroCT

Microscopy

Microstructure Characterization

Raman Spectroscopy

Rheology

Scanning Electron Microscopy

Spectroscopy

Surface Roughness

Transmission Electron Microscopy

UV-Vis Spectroscopy

Wafer Bonding

Wafer Dicing

Wire Bonding

X-ray Diffraction and Scattering

Zeta Potential

Relevant Publications:

1.) Mirmahdi RS, Dicker SL, Yusuf NG, Montazeri N (2025 Mar 8). Navigating Uncertainties in RT-qPCR and Infectivity Assessment of Norovirus Food and Environmental Virology, 17(1), 22. . PMCID: 11890344.

2.) Schachner ER, Moore AJ (2025 Feb 27). Unidirectional airflow, air sacs or the horizontal septum: what does it take to make a bird lung? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 380(1920), 20230418. . PMCID: 11864838.

Description:

Electron microscopy and analysis (SEM, TEM, FIB, EBSD, WDS), microelectronic device fabrication (7000 sq ft cleanroom, Class 100-1000), X-ray computed tomography (CT), particle system characterization (size, zeta potential, surface area, porosity, rheology), X-ray diffraction, surface analysis (AFM, profilometry, XPS, Auger), spectroscopy (UV/Vis with integrating sphere, FTIR/NIR with micro capability and micro-Raman).